emotional disrobing and blather

Among the beliefs that he and I shared was a conviction that making public the intimately personal is a revolutionary act in an atomized society where many feel compelled to play so close to the chest that they can't read their own cards. Being emotionally naked before strangers extends to them a permission for self-revelation they badly need if they are to loosen the shackles of their own quiet desperations. It is a blow against the pursuit of loneliness.

John Perry Barlow, Hecklers at a Funeral blog entry

This was nice to read tonight, in discovering Barlow's weblog. I try to act accordingly. Being "emotionally naked," though, also opens you up to more criticism from without and within.

I'ven't much to say here, though. Too much emphasis on cohesion, regret of past remarks... I talk too much, anyway. Everyone's talking, talking, talking and there is so much great stuff to listen to, but I hesitate to add mostly uselessness to the blab.